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After the victory of Republican candidate Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine considers further appointments in the Administration of the new president, including the post of Secretary of State, the Secretary for Security and the National Security Advisor, an important indicator of the...

Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Valeriya Gontareva says Ukraine risks not receiving loans worth $1.3 billion that it is awaiting from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) before the end of 2016, due to parliament`s reluctance to pass key reforms, according to Reuters. ”There are risks that we will not manage to receive it this year,”...

One member of the Ukrainian Marine Corps stationed in the Mariupol sector in Donetsk region was killed near the village of Pavlopil on Wednesday, November 9, according to the InfoResist agency. ”One Marine was killed, another was wounded,” a source in the M (Mariupol) sector told InfoResist. Later, the Ukrainian Navy`s Facebook page announced the...

Former NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recommends the new President of the United States to initiate three foreign policy steps within his first 100 days in the Oval Office, the first of which is to display strength towards Russia and to protect Ukraine, according to the message of the Rasmussen Global fund, transmitted to an UNIAN...

U.S. billionaire Donald Trump, whom the Americans just chose their 45th president have mentioned Ukraine and Crimea on numerous occasions – both during his campaign and before. This is the most important quotes of the new President-elect on this issue. February 28 2014, when Vladimir Putin`s ”little green men” were seizing Crimea, Trump tweeted:...

National Joint Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine expects by the end of this month to sign loan guarantees worth $500 million with the World Bank for the purchase of natural gas for the passage of the 2016-2017 heating season, Chief Commercial Officer of NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine Yuriy Vitrenko said during the parliamentary hearings, which were...

As the Republican candidate, Donald Trump, has won the presidential elections in the United States, world leaders responded to the news. Trump got the required 270 electoral votes. In turn, his opponent Democrat Hillary Clinton called him and conceded the elections. World leaders have already responded to the victory of Donald Trump. In...

A total of 35 out of 100 operating banks in Ukraine in January-September this year have incurred a loss worth UAH 20.375 billion, according to the National Bank of Ukraine. According to the data on the financial results of Ukrainian banks at the end of the third quarter, other 65 banks made a profit in the total amount of UAH 8.750 billion, and,...

The Cabinet of Ministers at its meeting on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Head of the Odesa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili. The government has taken such a decision, considering the staffing issues, according to Ukrainska Pravda. According to one of the ministers, the issue on the approval of Saakashvili`s resignation...

Combined Russian-separatist forces attacked Ukrainian army positions in eastern Ukraine 54 times in the past 24 hours, including 32 in the Mariupol sector, 16 barrages in the Luhansk sector, and eight in the Donetsk sector, according to the press service of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) Headquarters. View map in full size In the Mariupol...